Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] spend [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tormented by notion that should have spent holiday with Jack and Kate from next door but seven . |
| 2 | They 'll want to spend time looking at equipment they ca n't afford or can only just run to and will be at some stage of agonising over whether to buy or not . |
| 3 | I 'll have to spend time showing them how to use your machine . ’ |
| 4 | ACTRESS Jane Seymour could choose to spend Christmas anywhere in the world . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'D like to spend eternity with the Admiral . |
| 6 | She could have spent quality time with her children . |
| 7 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 8 | Perhaps , what is more common is that , we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their few minutes . |
| 9 | As she told me : ‘ I had no question about saying straight away after our first picture together that Kenneth Williams was the one I would choose to spend time with on a desert island . ’ |
| 10 | Apart from the time Gould would have spent stalking , shooting , skinning , and preparing these and a host of other birds , there would have been no possibility of him visiting all these different localities and reaching the west bend of the Murray . |
| 11 | After this , however , the child will need to spend time in consultation with the teacher and classmates , defining precise areas for subsequent investigation . |
| 12 | With rising competition , however , it may be that school librarians and teachers will choose to spend money on newer 16 bit ( see Glossary ) machines which will provide larger memories and a reasonable range of software in terms of database management packages , while continuing to use BBC microcomputers for CAL use in the library and in the classroom . |
| 13 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 14 | Before the visitor has had the time to see the baptistery ruins , the plaques or the crucifix he will have spent time near the door . |
| 15 | The owner will have spent time finding out about his territory ; where the best sites are for hiding , where the best food is to be found . |
| 16 | A national charity is claiming that many of the four thousand young Scots who become homeless this year will have spent time in care . |
| 17 | Rich countries can afford to spend money on the environment , but few have made it a priority in the past . |